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The Last Bus

2021

Gillies MacKinnon

Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Grace Calder, Brian Pettifer ...

5.8

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Drama A heart-warming tale of Tom (Timothy Spall), a pensioner whose wife, Mary (Phyllis Logan), has just passed away, who travels from Britain's most Northerly point, John O'Groats, to his original home town at its most Southerly point, Land's End, using his free bus pass. He carries with him his wife's ashes in a small suitcase, travelling the length of the country to take her back home. Along the way, his adventures are recorded by the ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Simran Hans The Guardian	"Lumbering drama (...) Flashbacks to the early days of their marriage in the 1950s add context, but slow the already unhurried pace (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Kevin Maher The Times	"It could have been 'The Straight Story' with a bus pass, but instead is a cacophony of bum notes (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Benji Wilson Telegraph	"Timothy Spall is super (...) but there's little else of interest (...) Tom feels like a real person with real memories who has been plonked in a clunky fable (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Tomris Laffly Variety	"Even a committed Timothy Spall can’t enliven this lifeless drama (...) Gillies MacKinnon’s dull travelogue is curiously narrow in its dramatic scope."
		Andrew Collins Radio Times	"Spall makes believable if not always generous company, and you'll find yourself cheering him on to his destiny (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Stefan Pape Common Sense Media	"[It] has such a tender, heart-warming premise, that is incredibly difficult not to be moved by it (...) [But] some of the drama feels contrived (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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